VLC 0.9.9 settings are located in a different manner compared with the instructions for the earlier versions at the start of this thread. So for those using 0.9.9, this is how to do the settings to match:-
1. Edit the shortcut to VLC so that there are no options after vlc.exe
2. Reset VLC's preferences (Tools > Preferences) and then restart VLC
3. (Tools > Preferences)
(a) Select "Show settings" = All
(b) Click arrow alongside "Video", and alongside "Output modules"
4. Under Video -
(a) Tick "Fullscreen video output"
(b) Untick "Embedded video"
(c) Untick "Show media title on video"
5. Under Video > Output Modules
(a) Set "Video output Module" to "DirectX video output" (caution - NOT DirectX 3D video output)
6. Under Video > Output Modules > DirectX
(a) Click "Refresh list" for the Name of desired display device
(b) From the drop-down menu select \.\\DISPLAY2
7. Click "Save" and then restart VLC
I notice that 0.9.9 also has bluescreen options (in which the user-defined colour is omitted and the background shows through), but obviously this is different from the idea of VLC rendering only onto the near-black portion defined as 0,0,1.
However... I still don't get the ZW text showing through the video.
Can anyone confirm that these settings work on their system? (ie: that I haven't got a setting wrong here somehow).